Monitoring Server software prerequisites

PerformancePoint Server 2007

Updated: 2010-03-11

Either Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services must be installed in order to successfully install and use Monitoring Server. Monitoring Server supports Excel Services as a report type and data source, but is supported only with Office SharePoint Server 2007 installed instead of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. To review the difference between these SharePoint Products and Technologies, see Which SharePoint technology is right for you.

Office Web Components are not supported on PerformancePoint Server 64-bit deployments. These components are 32-bit only and are not compatible with the 64-bit implementation of PerformancePoint Server even though these components may run on a 64-bit computer when 32-bit Internet Explorer hosts the Office Web Components. This is a known issue and is not supported.

Important:

PerformancePoint Monitoring Server supports 32-bit and 64-bit operating system environments. The following are the supported Monitoring Server and operating system combinations. All other combinations are not recommended and are unsupported.

32-bit PerformancePoint Monitoring Server on 32-bit operating systems

64-bit PerformancePoint Monitoring Server on 64-bit operating systems

Tip:

Following are essential questions and answers about using Strategy Maps and reports with PerformancePoint Monitoring Server and clients.

Is Microsoft Visio Viewer needed to view Strategy Maps rendered as an image in a PerformancePoint dashboard when installed on the SharePoint Server? Strategy Maps rendered as images do not require the Visio Viewer redistributable control.

Is it possible to view a Strategy Map rendered as a Visio chart in a PerformancePoint dashboard with Microsoft Visio Viewer installed on the SharePoint Server? No, Visio Viewer must be installed on the PerformancePoint client computer for Strategy Maps rendered as Visio drawings.

Is Microsoft Visio Viewer needed to view Strategy Maps rendered as an image in a PerformancePoint dashboard when installed on the client computer? Strategy Maps rendered as images do not require Visio Viewer.

Can you use Microsoft Visio Viewer to view a Strategy Map rendered as a Visio chart in a PerformancePoint dashboard when installed on the client computer? Yes.

Is a full installation of Microsoft Office Visio required for using Strategy Maps in PerformancePoint Server? For information workers using a PerformancePoint client computer, the full version of Visio is only required for authoring Strategy Maps, not for consuming them from published dashboards. The full version of Office Visio is required on the PerformancePoint Server for rendering Strategy Maps as images.

If you use Internet Explorer 8 with PerformancePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3, then you must set a security option in your browser. You must set the Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints option as Enabled.

See To enable security options in Internet Explorer 8 for more information.

If you use Internet Explorer 8 with PerformancePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 then you must set a security option in your browser. You must set the Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints option as Enabled.

See To enable security options in Internet Explorer 8 for more information.

If you use Internet Explorer 8 with PerformancePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 then you must set a security option in your browser. You must set the Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints option as Enabled.

See To enable security options in Internet Explorer 8 for more information.

To enable security options in Internet Explorer 8

Find Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints and click Enabled.

When you are finished making changes to the security settings, click OK.

Microsoft ProClarity Analytics Server

The hardware and software prerequisites for ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3 Service Pack 3 is provided with the PerformancePoint Monitoring Server prerequisites for ease of use for customers.

The Microsoft ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3 Service Pack 3 (SP3) is a cumulative patch release that includes all fixes made to ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3 and ProClarity Professional 6.3 since the General Availability (GA) release of these products.

Note:

This service pack is not a full product build. Before you can install this service pack, you must install the full products, ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3 and ProClarity Desktop Professional (Build 6.3.129.200). Similarly, before installing a localized version of this service pack, you must install the corresponding, full-version ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3 language pack. For more information, see the ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3 SP3 Readme file.

Service Pack 3 for ProClarity Analytics Server 6.3 does not include fixes for ProClarity SharePoint Viewer 6.3. The latest version of SharePoint Viewer 6.3 is available on the Microsoft Download Center.

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